With college football season on the horizon, ESPN Chalk's college football experts -- Phil Steele, "Stanford Steve" Coughlin and Chris Fallica -- combine to give you betting previews of the top 25 teams, according to the ESPN College Football Rankings. They break down each team's strengths and weaknesses, along with season-win-total bets and national title odds.
Odds from Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook as of Aug. 22.
Penn State Nittany Lions
National title odds: 20-1 (opened 25-1)
Season win total: 9.5
FPI win total projection: 9.8
Phil Steele
Strengths: Penn State has a pair of Heisman candidates in quarterback Trace McSorley and running back Saquon Barkley. The offensive line has 87 career starts, and the defensive line is stocked three deep, with some capable true freshman outside of that. They also have my No. 8-rated special teams.
Weaknesses: Penn State is an entirely different